Unexpectedly, her mother replied matter-of-factly, "And then you made a profit!"
Jiang Yimei was immediately furious: "You made money and you still called me?"
On the other end of the phone, whether out of fright or guilt, the voice suddenly weakened: "At first I was making money, but in the last few days, for some reason, I... I suddenly lost money."
Jiang Yimei, who was already furious, felt like she wanted to devour her mother when she heard this unexpected turn of events.
She's been scammed so many times, hasn't she learned anything or woken up at all? Knowing full well that there's no such thing as a free lunch, and knowing that she's not good at this kind of thing, she should just live her life steadily and honestly.
She couldn't be bothered to criticize her anymore, since she had been pampered since childhood.
Some things must be repaid; perhaps this is the bond of family and blood, something she is gradually coming to understand.
Suppressing her anger, she asked in a low, hoarse voice, "How much did you lose?"
The long silence on the other end of the phone indicated that the person was furious.
Even over the phone, Jiang's mother could feel her daughter's barely suppressed anger. She didn't want it to be like this, but she had no choice.
Her initial intention was to earn some money for her family and ease Yi Yi's burden, but little did she know...
Having no confidence whatsoever, she hesitated for a moment before answering tremblingly, "Fifty...fifty thousand."
"fifty thousand!"
Upon hearing such a huge number, Jiang Yimei, who had been relatively calm, suddenly flew into a rage. Her entire body was burning hot, like freshly forged steel, and a surge of anger burned within her.
She had been scammed out of hundreds or thousands of dollars before, but this time it was 50,000. She just couldn't take it anymore.
Perhaps 50,000 is nothing to a wealthy person, but for their family, which is going through a lot of troubles, it is an astronomical sum that they could not save up even after several years.
Now, my father is unable to work due to a work injury and rheumatic pain; my mother is a housewife who cooks; the family's financial burden falls on her shoulders.
Carrying 50,000 on her back all at once, she was already extremely exhausted, and at that moment, she almost fainted.
Perhaps things weren't as bad as she imagined. Suppressing her anger little by little and regaining her composure, she asked in a cold and gloomy tone, "How much money did you invest? How much money is left?"
Even if a financial product incurs losses, the principal will not be completely lost unless the risk is extremely high.
She doesn't believe that so many people investing wouldn't understand the harmfulness of the annualized rate of return, unless it's a scam.
However, such scams are unlikely to exist inside banks.
Sensing that her daughter's tone was less aggressive and more rational than before, Jiang's mother answered directly: "I invested 70,000, and less than 20,000 is left."
In an instant, Jiang Yimei couldn't help but fly into a rage again: "Seventy thousand? Where did you get so much money?"
She knew a little about the family's savings; at most, it was 50,000 yuan. Where did her mother get the remaining 20,000 yuan?
On the other end of the phone, Jiang's mother's slightly wrinkled and chapped lips trembled, and after hesitating for a long time, she couldn't utter a word.
Sensing her mother's trembling fear and helplessness at that moment, Jiang Yimei's heart softened immediately, and she answered for her: "Did you borrow money from someone?"
Just as she had guessed, as if struck by a revelation, Jiang's mother opened a channel of communication with her daughter, excitedly blurting out, "Yi Mei, you...you listen to me..."
Jiang Yimei, seething with resentment, had no time to listen to her explanation and immediately interrupted her: "Don't explain so much to me, I just want to know the answer!"
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